“Just consider that soon after George Floyd’s death in 2020, elected officials in cities across America reacted in knee-jerk fashion and voted to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from police budgets. The result was fewer police officers, a 5% or 40,000-officer decrease between 2019 and 2022, and more crime.”

Today's featured member is Steve Casstevens, a 46-year veteran of law enforcement and past president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. (IACP)

2,996 lives were lost on 9/11, including 72 law enforcement and 343 firefighting heroes

A total of 16 law enforcement officers died in the three deadliest shootouts in law enforcement history

Officer Joseph Brodnik was shot and killed when he and his partner stopped two suspicious youths at 431 Alvarado Street. Officer Brodnik and his partner were working a burglary suppression unit in plain clothes and were operating an unmarked car in the Mission District. 

Wesley Brown grew up in a crime-ridden neighborhood, but became a Maryland State Trooper and a mentor for at-risk youth--until his life was taken by a drunken coward

Chris Eney was tragically shot and killed during a training exercise 40 years ago, but his department never forgot, and his wife became a leading advocate for the families of fallen officers

Tough on crime? Breaking down Kamala Harris' abysmal record on crime. Harris claims to have been tough on crime as a District Attorney in San Francisco but her actions have proven otherwise... Aug 17th, 2024 - Interview with Citizens Behind the Badge founder and President, Craig Floyd and Las Vegas Metropolitan PD Lt. Randy Sutton (Ret.) on Newsmax's 'America Right Now with Tom Basile'.

Law enforcement officers had the highest Covid death rate of all American workers, with more than 800 of them dying of the disease over a three-year period

David Berez, Citizens Behind the Badge Law Enforcement Advisory Council

Harold Vitale suffered a horrific death nearly 40 years ago--his family refused to let him be forgotten and channeled their grief into a force for good

"Heroes Live Forever"--the story of Alexandria (VA) Police Cpl. Charlie Hill

A hostage-taker shot two Virginia police officers--they both died, four years apart

The rapper who has spewed hatred toward police in his songs carried the Olympic torch in Paris and is part of NBC's Olympics coverage

The darkest day in Washington, D.C. law enforcement history occurred nearly 30 years ago when three officers were gunned down in their office at police headquarters

Tom Strunk was killed by a drunk driver--with his wife and three young sons watching in horror

Kiki Camarena's brutal murder by Mexican drug lords galvanized law enforcement's resolve to win the war on drugs

Two serial killers terrorized the Washington, DC area in 2002 and it cost a courageous Virginia state trooper his life

Robert Forsyth was one of our nation's original 13 U.S. Marshals and the first federal law enforcement officer ever to die in the line of duty.

Tulsa Police Officer Harry Aurandt was shot and killed in 1921--his son, Paul, was only three years old at the time and went on to become one of America's most beloved figures